“A lovely little device. I'm using mine to make switching inputs on my KVM quicker. My one slight complaint was that CircuitPython normally comes up presenting the mass-storage device, and the two little push buttons can't be used to control that -- but you can check the state of the keys in boot.py, so I use that to decide whether to come up as just a keyboard and consumer devices controller or with the mass-storage as well.
(If the Keybow presents itself as storage as well as a keyboard, the KVM would accept keystrokes and act on them, but wouldn't pass anything through to attached computers. Presenting just as a keyboard solved that problem.)”
“Love this keypad, documentation is pretty good for programming it.
My only suggestion for improvement would be to provide some more coding guides aimed towards beginners I would love to give one to my nephew but I don't think the guides are oriented towards novices”
“Using this a macropad for tiling window management and gaming. Works wonderfully. Not that proficient at programming myself but was able to find some suitable code on github to play with and now have custom keymaps on 4 separate layers. Brilliant little thing.
Pimoroni you could shake up the custom mech keyboard market with a full ortholinear version version, or a 6x8 version of this (two to make a split kb?) 3D printable tented cases? :D”
“A great macropad with infinite flexibility if you know, or are willing to learn, Python.
I modified mine, via CircuitPython, to offer multiple layers with long/short press of any key. I also added a "mouse jiggler" mode which can be toggled on to keep the mouse moving (thus avoiding timeouts/screen locks).
I use this every day for Visual Studio, IntelliJ or just media controls.”
“After the Elgato Stream Deck XL did fail to work miserably, I remembered having the Keybow 2040. After a little bit of programming, the Keybow 2040 is now a reliable partner in live streaming and gaming.”
“Used it to make a little midi chord player. Works great, easy to put together and feels good - for musical applications would recommend some o ring dampeners to keep it extra quiet.”
